George Zettlein

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 9 in · 162 lb

BornJuly 12, 1844 · Williamsburg, NY, USA

MLB debutMay 8, 1871

Final gameSeptember 16, 1876

Seasons6 (1871–1876)

Chicago White Stockings 1871; Brooklyn Eckfords 1872; Troy Haymakers 1872; Philadelphia Whites 1873; Chicago White Stockings 1874–1875; Philadelphia Whites 1875; Philadelphia Athletics 1876

Percentile snapshot

1874 season — qualified batters

63.5

245

41.3

244

42.9

14.3

7.9

31.7

RBI

11.1

6.3

23.8

58.7

.193

1.6

OBP

.196

1.6

SLG

.221

OPS

.417

1.6

wRC+

61.4

1.6

OPS+

33.2

1.6

wOBA

.191

1.6

sWAR

3.5

92.1

of 64 qualified 1874 batters (min 182 PA)

1876 season — qualified pitchers

23.1

46.2

7.7

30.8

92.3

38.5

SHO

38.5

358

46.2

101

30.8

84.6

7.7

46.2

234.0

46.2

ERA

3.88

7.7

WHIP

1.556

7.7

K/9

0.38

FIP

2.34

61.5

FIP-

101.2

61.5

ERA+

59.4

7.7

sWAR

-1.5

of 14 qualified 1876 pitchers (min 60 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

112.6

77.9

sWAR

22.4

94.5

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1871	28	130	128	23	32	3	0	18	2	4	4	0	.250	.262	.273	.535	76.0	53.8	.242	4.1
1872	34	148	148	26	32	9	0	22	0	4	0	1	.216	.216	.277	.493	73.9	50.8	.225	4.1
1873	51	242	241	39	50	2	0	21	1	4	4	0	.207	.211	.216	.427	58.3	26.4	.197	5.7
1874	57	245	244	26	47	7	0	18	1	5	0	0	.193	.196	.221	.417	61.4	33.2	.191	3.5
1875	53	216	216	17	44	0	0	15	0	12	1	0	.204	.204	.204	.407	64.4	41.2	.186	6.6
1876	32	128	128	11	27	2	1	11	0	5	0	0	.211	.211	.242	.453	66.5	50.2	.209	-1.5

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1871	28	28	18	9	0	25	0	298	73	25	22	6	240.7	2.73	1.342	0.82	4.03	95.6	154.6	4.1
1872	34	31	15	16	1	25	2	313	75	14	25	3	263.0	2.57	1.243	0.86	3.55	97.1	142.5	4.1
1873	51	51	36	15	0	49	0	594	146	41	29	3	460.0	2.86	1.380	0.57	3.33	98.0	118.9	5.7
1874	57	57	27	30	0	57	3	640	139	43	26	3	515.7	2.43	1.324	0.45	2.29	104.6	90.3	3.5
1875	52	52	29	22	0	49	7	475	82	16	31	0	463.3	1.59	1.060	0.60	2.21	99.2	139.7	6.6
1876	28	25	4	20	2	23	1	358	101	6	10	2	234.0	3.88	1.556	0.38	2.34	101.2	59.4	-1.5

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

255

1,109

1,105

142

232

RBI

105

.2100

OBP

.2128

SLG

.2326

OPS

.4454

Pitching

G (P)

250

244

129

383rd-most career W

112

424th-most career L

228

103rd-most career CG

SHO

478th-most career SHO

2,177

357th-most career IP

SO (P)

143

BB allowed

145

ERA

2.547

49th-lowest career ERA

WHIP

1.2969

K/9

0.59

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.